Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster (1966)

A young man steals a boat to find his brother, but he and his shipmates become shipwrecked on a mysterious island inhabited by a giant sea monster and a slumbering Godzilla.

Director:

Jun Fukuda

Writer:

Shin'ichi Sekizawa

Stars:

Akira Takarada, Kumi Mizuno, Chôtarô Tôgin

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Akira Takarada	...	Yoshimura
Kumi Mizuno	...	Daiyo
Chôtarô Tôgin	...	Ichino
Hideo Sunazuka	...	Nita
Tôru Ibuki	...	Yata Kane
Akihiko Hirata	...	Captain Yamoto
Jun Tazaki	...	Red Bamboo Commander
Tôru Watanabe	...	Ryôta Kane
Ikio Sawamura	...	Elderly Slave
Pair Bambi	...	Mothra's Little Beauties
Hideyo Amamoto	...	Red Bamboo Naval Officer
Hisaya Itô	...	Red Bamboo Scientist #1
Tadashi Okabe	...	Red Bamboo Scientist #2
Kazuo Suzuki	...	Escaped Slave
Shôichi Hirose	...	Escaped Slave

Storyline

Some teenagers want to obtain a boat to find a brother. When they look around a boat without permission, they find a thief who takes them on his escape. They are caught in a storm and arrive at Letchi Island where natives of Infant Island have been enslaved by the terrorist organisation Red Bamboo. Red Bamboo runs a heavy water factory to process a juice which holds off the monster, Ebirah, which otherwise traps them on the island. The young men meet beautiful but tough Daiyo and wake up Godzilla to put an end to the Red Bamboo.

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Plot Keywords:

island | boat | godzilla | monster | mothra | 

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Taglines:

This is one lobster you don't want to order!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for sci-fi monster violence

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

1969 (USA)

Also Known As:

Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster

Box Office

Budget:

$1,200,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Toho Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Noriko Takahashi originally started the role of Dayo, but when filming began she suffered from acute appendicitis and was hospitalized. Kumi Mizuno was cast at the last minute. (Although the character of Dayo was intended to be 19, Noriko's age at the time, Kumi was 29.)

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Goofs

At the end, as Mothra flies back to her island, the basket she's carrying with the humans inside is missing.

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Quotes

Nita: What kind of laboratory, or a factory, is this?
Ichino: No idea.
Nita: I thought you studied science?
Ichino: But I didn't pass the first year. One thing's for sure, this place doesn't make toys.

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Crazy Credits

For the Columbia/Tri-Star U.S. DVD release, which uses the original uncut Japanese version, the English language credits list the noted composer Masaru Sato as "Mararu Sato."

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Connections

Referenced in For the Love of Godzilla (2017)

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Soundtracks

Samashite Mosura
(Mothra Awake)
Written and Arranged by Masaru Satô
Performed by Pair Bambi

User Reviews

After a more recent viewing of this movie, I rather liked it.

My first review of this movie was made when I had not seen this movie in at least ten years. I recently purchased it with the original Japanese voice track and I did enjoy it. Nothing to take seriously, but it is a Godzilla movie. Here we have a couple of guys that were in a dance contest helping this one guy by showing him a boat. The guy never tells them why, but it is to find his brother who was lost at sea. They find a boat and a person who seems to be the owner, although he seems a bit shady. He says they can sleep on the boat, but they must leave in the morning. The guy searching for his brother though sets them out to sea and our story really begins. They find an island, controlled by a terrorist organization known as the "red bamboo". They have been using natives of nearby infant island as slaves to produce a special liquid. You see, this island is protected by the sea monster Ebirah, a giant lobster. It attacks everything that comes into its vicinity including the smallest of boats. In fact, it wrecks the four men who were in search of the one guys brother. While on the island, they join up with a native girl that escapes the "red bamboo". They do some investigating and shockingly find an amazing discovery in the caves of the island...Godzilla asleep. Through a series of incidents involving almost getting captured our heroes must wake the giant beast up as a little distraction. And when Godzilla wakes up he is in a fighting mood. Ebirah, fighter planes, and even a giant bird who may or may not be Rodan all are gunning for Godzilla, but he is more than able to handle the challenge.